Arctic Winter Games

Arctic Winter Games

Arctic Winter Games Logo
First event 1970 in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
Occur every two years
Last event 2014 Arctic Winter Games held in Fairbanks, Alaska
Purpose Sports for the Arctic
President Gerry Thick
Website ArcticWinterGames.org

The Arctic Winter Games is an international biennial celebration of circumpolar sports and culture.

Background

The Arctic Winter Games were founded in 1969 under the leadership of Governor Walter J. Hickel of Alaska, Stuart M. Hodgson, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, and Yukon Commissioner James Smith. The idea to "provide a forum where athletes from the circumpolar North could compete on their own terms, on their own turf" came from Cal Miller, an advisor with the Yukon team at the 1967 Canada Winter Games.

In 1970 in Yellowknife, Canada, 500 athletes, trainers and officials came together for the first Arctic Winter Games. The participants came from Northwest Territories, Yukon and Alaska. Since then, the Games have been held on fifteen occasions in different places and with ever more participants from more and more places within the Arctic region. The games in 2002 were the first jointly hosted Arctic Winter Games, by Nuuk, Greenland and Iqaluit, Nunavut.

Participants

A total of nine contingents participated in the Arctic Winter Games. The same group of teams also made up the participants of the previous games [1]

Host cities

YearHost
1970Canada Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
1972Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
1974United States Alaska Anchorage, Alaska
1976Canada Quebec Schefferville, Quebec
1978Canada Northwest Territories Hay River/Pine Point, Northwest Territories
1980Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
1982United States Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
1984Canada Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
1986Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
1988United States Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
1990Canada Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
1992Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
1994Canada Alberta Slave Lake, Alberta
1996United States Alaska Chugiak/Eagle River, Alaska
1998Canada Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2000Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
2002Denmark Greenland Nuuk, Greenland/Canada Nunavut Iqaluit, Nunavut
2004Canada Alberta Wood Buffalo, Alberta
2006United States Alaska Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska
2008Canada Northwest Territories Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
2010Canada Alberta Grande Prairie, Alberta
2012Canada Yukon Whitehorse, Yukon
2014United States Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska
2016Denmark Greenland Nuuk, Greenland/Canada Nunavut Iqaluit, Nunavut[2]
2018Canada Northwest Territories Hay River/Fort Smith[3]

Hodgson Trophy

The Hodgson trophy for fair play and team spirit is awarded at the end of every games. The past winners of the trophy are:[4]

WinnerYear
Alaska1978
Yukon1980-1988
Alaska1990
NWT1992
Greenland1994
NWT1996
Yukon1998
Nunavut2000
Greenland2002
Nunavut2004
Alaska2006
Nunavut2008
Alaska2010
Nunavut2012
Greenland2014

Arctic Winter Games International Committee

Arctic Winter Games alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ Arctic Winter Games International Committee (2006). "Medal standings". Archived from the original on 2 February 2007. Retrieved 2007-03-01.
  2. ↑ "Arctic Winter Games 2016 – Grønland". Kommuneqarfik Sermersooq (in Danish). 3 March 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Hay River, Fort Smith to jointly host 2018 Arctic Winter Games". CBC. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  4. ↑ http://www.arcticwintergames.org/Hodgson_Trophy.html The Hodgson Trophy

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